Poetry Friday -- Call for Roundup Hosts

It's that time again. Six months have passed since last we queued up to host the Poetry Friday roundups.

If you'd like to host a roundup between January and June 2017, leave your choice(s) of date(s) in the comments. I'll update regularly to make it easier to see which dates have been claimed.

What is the Poetry Friday roundup? A gathering of links to posts featuring original or shared poems, or reviews of poetry books. A carnival of poetry posts. Here is an explanation that Rene LaTulippe shared on her blog, No Water River, and here is an article Susan Thomsen wrote for the Poetry Foundation.

Who can do the Poetry Friday roundup? Anyone who is willing to gather the links in some way, shape or form (Mr. Linky, "old school" in the comments-->annotated in the post, or ???) on the Friday of your choice. If you are new to the Poetry Friday community, jump right in, but perhaps choose a date later on so that we can spend some time getting to know each other.

How do you do a Poetry Friday roundup? If you're not sure, stick around for a couple of weeks and watch...and learn! One thing we're finding out is that folks who schedule their posts, or who live in a different time zone than you, appreciate it when the roundup post goes live sometime on Thursday.

How do I get the code for the PF Roundup Schedule for the sidebar of my blog? I'll post it in the files on the Kidlitosphere Yahoo group, and I'd be happy to send it to you if you leave me your email address. You can always find the schedule on the Kidlitosphere Central webpage.

Why would I do a Poetry Friday Roundup? Community, community, community. It's like hosting a poetry party on your blog!

And now for the where and when:

January
6   Linda at TeacherDance

13 Keri at Keri Recommends
20 Violet at Violet Nesdoly | Poems
27 Carol at Beyond Literacy Link

February

3   Penny at A Penny and Her Jots

10 Katie at The Logonauts

17 Jone at Check it Out

24 Karen at Karen Edmisten*

March

3   Heidi at My Juicy Little Universe

10 Michelle at Today's Little Ditty

17 Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge

24 Catherine at Reading to the Core

31 Amy at The Poem Farm

April

7   Irene at Live Your Poem

14 Dori at Dori Reads

21 Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference

28 JoAnn at Teaching Authors

May

5   Jama at Jama's Alphabet Soup

12 Tara at A Teaching Life

19 Kiesha at Whispers from the Ridge

26 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche

June

2   Buffy at Buffy's Blog

9   Mary Lee at A Year of Reading

16 Carol at Carol's Corner

23 Heidi at My Juicy Little Universe

30 Diane at Random Noodling